Is it possible for a person to still be conscious after he/she has been beheaded? Could they be aware of what has happened to them?

It would seem possible due to brain activity...

Could they try to talk? Or look around???

I'm curious...

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25413197

Haha wow...I don't even really know how to answer that. I mean, when I behead chickens the beak sometimes opens and closes and occasionally the eyes twitch. Like you said, there is some brain activity, but it is just nerves...blood is no longer flowing to the brain. Honestly though, how could anyone know the answer to this without experiencing it firsthand?

But seriously, I saw a video of a death-row inmate who agreed to be decapitated for a scientist, who wanted to see if people could live. I think it was on liveleak, it's an old-style video looks like it's from the 80's. But the guy blinked twice, after being told to blink twice if he can hear the doctor. interesting, really sorry i don't have the link, it was like 3 years ago I saw it.

blinking, yes. talking, dont be such a complete fucktard. talking requires the ability to to force air through your vocal cords, and then your tongue and lips. hard to do that without lungs and a diaphragm, genius

great thread bro.. chet just ate supper, collard grns. mash pot, new york steak, gravy, cobb salad, and im replying ?? anyways yes i wouod assume the eyes would blink and the mouth move is all due to nerve reaction chet i dont know .. there goes my supper

Is it possible for a person to still be conscious after he/she has been beheaded? Could they be aware of what has happened to them?

Lori Cuthbert Editor-in-Chief, Discovery NewsIt’s likely that yes, the brain remains conscious for a few seconds after a head leaves its body.

When the guillotine was commonly used in revolutionary France, there were numerous reports of decapitated heads moving for up to 30 seconds, blinking eyes and showing expression. But scientists studying decapitated rats’ heads think the brain only functions for about four seconds after being severed.

There is a wave of brain activity about 40 seconds after decapitation in rats and in humans, though that researchers think might be the real line between life and death, when the neurons in the brain lose their electrical charge and completely stop functioning.

There have been accounts of people surviving what’s called internal decapitations, where the bones of the skull separate from the spine. In those cases, the neck has to be rebuilt to keep the head aloft.

blinking, yes. talking, dont be such a complete fucktard. talking requires the ability to to force air through your vocal cords, and then your tongue and lips. hard to do that without lungs and a diaphragm, genius

oh thats hefty hey bro someone called you a fucktard, dont mean to laugh but ive never heard such a word

blinking, yes. talking, dont be such a complete fucktard. talking requires the ability to to force air through your vocal cords, and then your tongue and lips. hard to do that without lungs and a diaphragm, genius